This is a staff list for Discovery Ranch in Mapleton, UT
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Discovery Ranch. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Discovery Ranch, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Discovery Ranch, please contact info@heal-online.org if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
Please don’t place your loved one in Discovery Ranch and rescue them if they are there now.
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Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Clinton Dorny | Executive Director | Siblings work at other residential programs. Dorny is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Craig Smith | Clinical Director | HEAL requires Craig Smith's full name (first, middle, and last) in order to check professional licensure or lack thereof. |
| Leslie Giles | Residential Director | Giles has worked in the industry for over 20 years. Giles is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Victoria Fielding | Academic Director | BYU graduate. HEAL is in the process of determining whether or not Fielding is a licensed educator in Utah. We will post the information as soon as it is available. |
| Marlene Kendall | Admissions | Kendall is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Wendy Smith | Office Manager | HEAL did not check Smith's licensure as the title of Office Manager typically does not suggest a requirement of professional licensure. |
| Matt Child | Therapist | Child is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Dave Blackwell | Therapist | Blackwell formerly worked for other unnamed facilities and has been in the industry since 1992. Blackwell formerly worked for confirmedly abusive Provo Canyon School. The founder of the Discovery Academy and Discovery Ranch programs is Eugene Thorne, one of the founders of notoriously abusive Provo Canyon School. David H. Blackwell (may be a different person) is a licensed substance abuse counselor since 1998 and licensed professional counselor since 2000 in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Lynn Nelson | Therapist | Lynn Ray Nelson (may be a different person) is a licensed clinical social worker and has been since January, 1910. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Wendy Turnbow | Therapist | Formerly with confirmedly abusive Provo Canyon School. Wendy Sue Turnbow is a licensed psychologist and has been since 1995 in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Bob Trevenen | Therapist | Joined Discovery in 2006. Formerly worked for Provo House of Hope. Tevenen no longer appears to work at this program. Trevenen is a certified social worker in Utah and has been only since February, 2012. Trevenen is also a licensed substance abuse counselor and has been since 2001. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Terri Miller | Boys Program Supervisor | Works on the "Forget About Me" program within Discovery. Miller is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Brock Burrows | Girls Program Supervisor | Student at BYU. Burrows appears to no longer work at this program. Burrows is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| (Dr.) Derry Brinley | Psychiatrist | Brinley is an "Osteopathic Physician" and has been since 1994. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. The information below regarding Osteopathy does not sound like psychiatry or specializing in psychiatry to HEAL. Source of information below: http://www.osteopathic.org/osteopathic-health/treatment/Pages/default.aspx |
| Jo Crawford (female) | Nurse | Formerly worked at other unnamed facilities.* There is a Jolene (NOT Jo) Crawford that is a licensed practical nurse in Utah and has been since 2003. This may be a different person. And, if so, Jo Crawford is not a licensed nurse in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Jerry Christensen | Exper. Director | Christensen is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| Jake Thorson | Coordinator | Thorson formerly worked at other unnamed wilderness and residential programs.* Thorson is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html |
| OTHER | OTHER |
Discovery Academy is associated with the following programs by ownership: RedCliff Ascent (Confirmedly Abusive) Discovery Academy (Confirmedly Abusive) Oxbow Academy Medicine Wheel |
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*(Discovery Ranch, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.) |
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| Discovery Ranch & Discovery Academy use the same Positive Control Systems methods as Eagle Ranch Academy and WWASPS. | ||
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